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WINDAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
Synonyms:
wind deflection; windage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):
bending; deflection; deflexion (the property of being bent or deflected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance)
Synonyms:
wind exposure; windage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):
exposure (vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The space between the projectile of a smoothbore gun and the surface of the bore of the gun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):
diam; diameter (the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The retarding force of air friction on a moving object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("windage" is a kind of...):
drag; retarding force (the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid)
